Wings for Children and Families

Wings For Children and Families, Inc.(Wings), established in 1995, serves children (0-21) who receive medicaid and who have mental health intellectual or medical challenges.Wings Case Managers address the challenges tht interfere with a child's optimal functioning. Wing's single service is Children's Community Case Management throughout nine of Maine's sixteen counties. Case Managers facilitate all supportive services to be working from the same plan of care to reduce fragmented services and increase positive outcomes for the family and community. When working with families, Wings uses a "Wraparound" planning process. This process is built upon specific values based on dignity and respect. It combines the values with the specific planning process to develop the plan of care to address unmet needs using the strengths of the child and family -- thus "wrapping around a family." Coordination of care is important for the organization of the "right care at the right time" In addition to case management with families, Wings works with community partners to address larger, system=level needs that create barriers for families within the communities and State. Partners include representaative from Child Welfare, Children's Behavioral Health, local schools, Department of Corrections and many more faith and behavioral health and medical community based partners. Wings service is child centered family focused, strengths based, community based and is committed to positive teaming on behalf of the children and families in Maine.